Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory, Pearson New International Edition, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (October 3, 2013) © 2014

  • Joseph N. Straus City University of New York
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For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Twentieth-Century Techniques, and Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis taken by music majors.

A primer—rather than a survey—this text offers exceptionally clear, simple explanations of basic theoretical concepts for the post-tonal music of the twentieth century. Emphasising hands-on contact with the music—through playing, singing, listening, and analysing—it provides six chapters on theory, each illustrated with musical examples and fully worked-out analyses, all drawn largely from the “classical” pre-war repertoire by Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartok, Berg, and Webern.

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1. Basic Concepts and Definitions.

 

Analysis 1: Webern, Wie bin ich froh! from Three Songs, Op. 25. Schoenberg, Nacht, from Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21.


2. Pitch-Class Sets.

 

Analysis 2: Schoenberg, Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15, No. 11. Bartok String Quartet No. 4, first movement.
 
4. Centricity, Referential Collections, and Triadic Post-Tonality.

 

Analysis 4: Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex, rehearsal nos. 167-70. Bartok, Sonata, first movement.


5. Basic Twelve-Tone Operations.

 

Analysis 5: Schoenberg, Suite for Piano, Op. 25, Gavotte. Stravinsky, In Memoriam Dylan Thomas.


Appendix 1. List of Set Classes.


Appendix 2. Index Vectors.


Index.

 

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